Sometimes it’s who you know that gets you a job. What type of relationship you have with the boss or owner that keeps you in that job no matter if you are qualified or not. As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I am tired of their head coach Jason Garrett who has had the job since 2011 with little success and the only reason he continues to have the head coach job is because of his relationship with the owner Jerry Jones. Fortunately the owner Jones is realizing that Garrett is being outcoached in games this year that the Cowboys should be winning. I think Jones will finally make a decision to help move the team in the right direction by not renewing Garrett after his contract expires this year.
The Cowboys played the Patriots this past Sunday in what was supposed to be a game the Cowboys will prove that they are a legitimate Super Bowl team. For the past 20 years the Patriots have been the best team with the best head coach in Bill Belichick. Cowboys came out unprepared which is a reflection on Garrett. Knowing the forecast was calling for rain Garrett had the Cowboys practicing in their indoor facility. Even I look at the weather and plan my day accordingly. Good coaches like Belichick simulate the game conditions by practicing outside and dunking the football in water before the quarterback throws the ball to get them prepared for the game. So as the game started the quarterback for the Cowboys Prescott couldn’t throw the wet ball well because he did not practice with a wet ball. By the second quarter after an interception and realizing he couldn’t throw a wet ball well, Prescott put on a glove. Why is Garrett not checking whether Prescott can throw a wet ball before the game?
As I am watching the game I see the rain and wind is making the ball fall short in certain situations on kickoffs. The first time the Patriots kicked off it fell short so the Cowboys had to scramble to get the ball. Second time the Patriots kicked off you would think the Cowboys coaches would bring their players closer, nope. Third time I am yelling at the TV before the Patriots kick off, “get closer it’s gonna fall short”. What happens, it falls short again and the Cowboys had bad field position and almost lose the ball again. There were so many bad plays that were a result of bad coaching contributing to the Cowboys losing 13 to 9.
I know I am not qualified to be an NFL coach but if I can tell something is going to happen in a game shouldn’t the Cowboys coaches? Garrett is the only employed head coach with the same team since 2011 to not reach the Super Bowl, he hasn’t even reached the NFC Championship game. The owner Jones finally saw that Garrett was outcoached badly and Jones decided to call out the coaching staff’s poor performance in an interview after the game. The owner Jones sees Garrett as a good, loyal guy that used to play for the Cowboys in the 90’s which I get, but at some point the Cowboys players and fans deserve a coach that delivers results. It just proves that it’s not what you know but who you know. The Cowboys have a talented potential Super Bowl roster that is being wasted by Garrett who has shown time and time again that he is not the coach to get a team to the Super Bowl.
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